Here is a piece of news. Fill in the blanks,and try to say two to three sentences to comment on the news.
TOKYO - The postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics will have to be cancelled if the coronavirus pandemic _______( not bring)under control by next year, the organizing committee's president said in comments published Tuesday.
The pandemic has already forced a year-long delay of the Games -- _____ are now scheduled to open on July 23, 2021 -- but Tokyo 2020 president Yoshiro Mori said no further postponement was possible.
In an interview with Japan's Nikkan Sports daily, Mori was categorical when _______(ask)if the Olympics could be delayed until 2022 if the pandemic remains ______threat next year, replying: "No."
"In that case, it's cancelled," Mori said.
Mori noted the Games had been cancelled _______(previous) only during wartime, and compared the battle _______coronavirus to "fighting an invisible enemy".
If the virus is successfully contained, "we'll hold the Olympics in peace ______summer", he added.
Masa Takaya, a Tokyo 2020 spokesman, declined to comment on a possible cancellation of the Games, _______telling reporters that Mori's remarks were based on "the chairman's own _______(think)".
Organizers and Japanese officials have said the delayed Olympics will be a chance ______(showcase) the world's triumph over the coronavirus, but questions have arisen about ______ even a year's postponement is sufficient.
On Tuesday, the head of Japan Medical Association warned _____would be "exceedingly difficult" to hold the Games next year if a vaccine has not been found.
But Tokyo 2020 spokesman Takaya countered that even medical experts said it was too early to make a _______(judge)on such a possibility. In the interview, Mori also said organizers were considering holding joint opening and closing _______(ceremony)for the Olympics and the Paralympics in an effort to cut costs.
Under the plan, the Paralympics would join the Olympic opening ceremony on July 23, ______the Olympic closing ceremony would be integrated into the Paralympics closing event in September.
______Mori admitted that Tokyo organizers had not yet obtained the consent of the IOC and their Paralympic counterparts on that plan. "It's going to a _____(consider)cut in costs and a big message of victory against the global crisis, but it's not easy," Mori (森喜朗 )said.